Chennai: India retained its position as the world’s second-largest electric two-wheeler market in 2025 after China, amid single-digit growth, as reduced subsidies and tighter localisation requirements weighed on demand, according to the latest Global EV Outlook report by the International Energy Agency.Global electric two-wheeler sales rose 15% year-on-year to nearly 10mn units in 2025, accounting…
Patna: Amid reports of short supply of petroleum products at several fuel stations in the state, public sector oil marketing companies (OMC), including IOCL, BPCL and HPCL, claimed on Wednesday that they continue to maintain uninterrupted supplies of petrol, diesel and LPG across Bihar, despite prevailing global uncertainties impacting the oil and gas sector.In a…
Ranchi: A total of 25 members of Maoist politburu member Misir Besra-led squad will surrender before the state police on Thursday, Jharkhand police announced on Wednesday. The surrender would be carried out under govt’ s ‘Operation Navjeevan’. It may be stated here that due continuous operation of the state police, members of the Misir Besra…
Ranchi: A Hyderabad-based research driven organisation, Resplice Autism Research Foundation will organise a day-long free gut health assessment and microbiome testing camp for autistic patients on May 31, to raise awareness about autism in Ranchi.Dr. Chandrashekhar Thodupunuri, founder chairman of the research organisation said here on Wednesday that the increasing incidence of Autism over the…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: The Omar Abdullah govt Wednesday constituted a two-member committee to investigate the demolitions carried out in Jammu’s Sidhra area a day earlier to free forest land of alleged encroachments.According to an order issued by the tribal affairs department, the committee will examine if there was any violation of Forest Rights Act-2006 in the demolition…
Kolkata: Former Trinamool MLA and actor Soham Chakraborty said he contacted BJP MLA Roopa Ganguly after receiving death threats from a producer, Tarun Das, in a dispute over money. The film’s director, Mohua Chakraborty, on Wednesday lodged a complaint against Das after she, too, felt threatened by him. But Das said he was being framed…
Mumbai: Charkop Police registered an FIR against a woman and her male accomplice for assaulting a real estate agent following a dispute on the street in Kandivli (W) recently.The complainant was heading home with his friend on a motorcycle on May 16. At Ekta Nagar, they noticed a woman and a few of her male…
Kamla Nehru Ridge at Delhi University area New Delhi: The Kamla Nehru Ridge is a lush green expanse with minimal concrete. It is away from dense urban construction and vehicular movement. Peacocks roam freely, monkeys swing from branches and mongooses, boars and reptiles thrive in the dense vegetation.Why then, does it emerge as the hottest…
SLIP OF THE TONGUE: Most Irula speakers are bilingual or multilingual and often mix Tamil or Kannada with their daily speech When languages are silenced, a process called phonocide, the passing down of knowledge is broken, and much oral wisdom is lost forever, says K Ganesh, former head of the department of English at Madras…
Image used for representation Patna: For hundreds of prisoners across India, completing 14 years in jail has still not brought them closer to freedom. Although a life sentence extends till the convict’s natural death unless remission is granted by the govt, prison remission rules permit consideration of premature release of eligible convicts after 14 years…
